Crypto News. May 7, 2026
1inch liquidity provider Trusted Volumes exploited for $5.87M, same attacker behind March’s $5M 1inch Fusion V1 hack, now the 5th DeFi exploit this month
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Bitcoin Core disclosed first-ever memory safety bug (CVE-2024-52911), affecting versions 0.14.0–28.x; patched in v29.0 but ~43% of nodes still vulnerable
Aave liquidated the Kelp DAO attacker’s remaining rsETH positions as the final step in recovering from the $292M April 28 exploit, with collateral sent to DeFi United’s Recovery Guardian multisig
White House adviser Patrick Witt says the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is targeting a pre-July 4 pass
Morgan Stanley is rolling out crypto trading on E*Trade at 0.50% fees for all 8.6M clients, undercutting Coinbase, Robinhood, and Schwab
21Shares listed Strategy Yield ETN (STRC) on London Stock Exchange, first UK exchange-traded access to Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock
MegaETH announced MOSS, a unified embedded wallet within MegaOS supporting real-world payments
Coinbase launched gold and silver perp futures for non-US traders
US and Iran nearing 14-point memorandum of understanding covering 12–15 year uranium enrichment moratorium, sanctions relief, and release of frozen funds
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen said eBay permanently suspended his account for posing a risk to the marketplace community
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is auctioning personal collectibles on eBay, saying he’s selling stuff on eBay to pay for eBay
Strategy says BTC appreciating just 2.3% annually is enough to fund all its dividends indefinitely
NEAR Protocol is adding post-quantum cryptography, letting account holders rotate to quantum-safe keys in a single transaction
Kraken launched CFTC-regulated spot margin trading for US retail with up to 10x leverage, first product on its newly acquired Bitnomial licenses
Ondo, J.P. Morgan Kinexys, Mastercard, and Ripple completed first cross-border settlement of tokenized US Treasuries in near real time on XRP Ledger
Centrifuge launched deSPXA on Base, tokenized S&P 500 exposure built with S&P Dow Jones Indices, managed by Janus Henderson
Manta Network is sunsetting staking on May 20 citing token dilution, and taking full self-operated control of Manta Pacific’s L2 sequencer
MetaMask and Pudgy Penguins launched a three-tier Soulbound Token series claimable until June 3, with the open edition available to any MetaMask wallet holder
Coinbase submitted a formal comment letter to the OCC pushing back on proposed PPSI rules, arguing against de minimis requirements, arbitrary reserve thresholds, run-risk restrictions, and limits on white label or multi-issuance stablecoin models
BNY, custodian of ~$59T in assets, is launching crypto custody in Abu Dhabi starting with BTC and ETH, later expanding to stablecoins and tokenized assets
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